We're Back!

So, I took a 6 month break from this blog, but here I am, trying again. Life happens, and blogs get forgotten. Life goes on.
Muffin really likes markers that smell good. She received a pack of smelly markers a while ago, and for weeks the tip of her nose was a collage of multi color smears. She enjoys telling me what they smell like... grape, cherry, etc. This morning I was doing dishes and she came to the kitchen while I was doing dishes and asked me to smell the marker she was coloring with. It was a peachy colored marker, and a non-smelly one by the way. I smelled it and told her I thought it smelled kind of yucky. She chuckled and very matter of factly told me "It smells like diaper. I have alot that smell like diaper." Hee hee. Shes so cute.

We just got back from our vacation to D.C. to visit Papa's folks. We had a fun-filled week. National Harbor and ferry ride, National Aquarium, Smithsonian Museums, slip and sliding, good time with family. We took pictures of the Obama's vegetable garden while everyone else was taking pictures of the White House. We went contra dancing at Glen Echo, in Maryland. Wow, what a dance. Papa played in the open band and made $20! I left my dancing shoes in Wisconsin but still danced my heiny off in my flip flops with at least 300 other people. My feet are still recovering.

Since we have been back, I am trying to convert our weed patch back into a vegetable garden. We harvested a nice crop of carrots today and a zucchini about as big as a canoe. We also found a baby (tiny tiny) mouse or vole in our hay bale, which was so exciting for the girls. When we left, they left the baby a mini carrot. I am also trying hard to find a job and to get on top of things before Bug starts Kindergarten in TWO weeks! How did this happen!?! I took her and her cousin to the fabric store yesterday to pick out fabric for a rest mat cover that I am going to sew for them. She chose sparkly disney princess fabric. Shes all set: markers, pencils, kleenex, glue, crayons, lunch box, princess backpack, princess rest mat (that I would be completely shocked if she laid and rested on, but maybe they work some sort of magic in Kindergarten that makes them rest)

In accordance to the goal I set before, I am hoping to update the blog at least once a month. We'll see! Its a fun way to share the Sanford family happenings and a few pictures. I just tried to add some new pictures, but I need to purchase some more storage capacity on my Picasa Web account, which means it will have to wait until next paycheck. But next month, I promise!